Rites and ceremonies
Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1985
Black and white print of a float in the University of Denver's 1985 Homecoming parade. The float is built on a pickup truck, with two students riding on the hood and at least six more sitting or standing in the back, along with a person in a duck costume. The truck is decorated with streamers and balloons, and a banner along the side reads "Driscoll University Center Klub C. C. DUCK'S."
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1994
Color slide depicting the Engineering Club float in the University of Denver's Homecoming parade in 1994. The float consists of a white van with the letters "ENGINEER" constructed on the roof and signs reading "Engineering Club," "IEEE," and "American Society of [Engineers?]" on the side.
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1996
Color slide depicting a float in the University of Denver's 1996 Homecoming parade. Three persons are sitting in the float, one of them waving to the camera, along with a large papier-mache figure possibly representing Denver Boone. The float is decorated with crimson and gold streamers, and it reads "HOMECOMING" along the side in giant letters.
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float (Frame 20), 1989 November
Black and white negative depicting the Alpha Gamma Omega float in the University of Denver's 1989 Homecoming parade. Ten students are sitting or standing on the bed of a truck, while the decorations behind them include a cardboard house labeled Alpha Gamma Delta, and a giant papier-mache figure.
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float (Frame 20), 1990 October
Black and white print of students on a float in the University of Denver's Homecoming parade. Of the at least 17 students sitting or standing on the truck, most of them are wearing white T-shirts, shorts, and tennis shoes. Some type of large decoration or mascot is visible behind them.
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Floats, 1979 November 2
Black and white negative depicting a float in the 1979 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. The float, built on the back of a pickup truck, features a papier-mache tiger with its tail raised and is labeled along the side "BLOW CC'S TAIL OFF"; the back of the float bears the Greek letters Gamma Delta and (spelled in English) the word "BETA."
Homecoming Traditions - People in Car
Black and white negative of six people on and in a car that has a University of Denver banner on the side in Denver Colorado. Two of the people are waving University of Denver pennants and one person sitting in the back of the car is holding a ukulele.
Homecoming Traditions - Pioneer Skit, 1958
Black and white print of three University of Denver students performing a Pioneer-themed skit for Homecoming 1958. One student, wearing a coonskin cap and buckskin jacket with a pistol in a holster on his belt, is pulling a covered wagon labeled "BEAT [?] BYU OR BUST," while the second, wearning a plaid shirt and buckskin jacket, is riding in the wagon, and the third, wearing a cowboy hat, leather vest, leather pack, and cowboy boots, is pushing the wagon from behind.
Homecoming Traditions - Queen Candidates, 1968 November 20
Black and white print of five University of Denver students selected as candidates for Homecoming Queen in 1968. The students are sitting on upholstered chairs at the base of a stage, with a grand piano in the background.
Homecoming Traditions - Queen Candidates, between 1951-1952
Black and white print of eighteen female students who were candidates for Homecoming Queen at the University of Denver, including Betty Fern Hoyt, who was named queen that year. The photo is taken from the top of a set of stairs, with the subjects looking up at the camera.